The Martinez Mafia: Kappa Alpha Theta

Yesterday some women at work and I were talking about sororities. Mainly everyone thought that they were stupid to join, and no offense, because they weren't ever in one. The stereotype of sororities can be true on some college campuses. But since people are different everywhere, then the same sorority can be made up of different type of girls on different campuses.

Before I went to school in Kentucky I went to school at the University of North Texas for 2 years. There was quite a difference between these 2 schools. UNT has about 34, 000 people enrolled. Centre College in Kentucky had about 1200 students. So the Greek life at UNT was a little bit different than at Centre. I had a few girl friends that were in sororities at UNT so just to make sure that I wasn't stereotyping I looked into joining. Most of them were terrible. Snobby, stupid, and all the other stereotypes were what most of the girls were. But I will say there were a few exceptions, not many.

So when I went to Centre and discovered that over 80% of the campus joins Greek life, I was disappointed. But I went with my roommate to Rush just to make her happy. As soon as I walked into the Kappa Alpha Theta house I felt at home. Everyone was laughing and making jokes. I got a glimpse of a girl making a farting noise with her hand in her armpit. There was nothing snobby about these girls.

And now after leaving school and being in conversations where I defend my sorority, all I can think about are the good times. I met so many cool girls. I had a blast in everything we did (even getting into trouble). I have no regrets about joining (except maybe I could've chosen a better big sis :) ) . So yesterday I went home and went through my Theta scrapbook and found some pictures of Bid Day (the day I joined & the day you have to dress the ugliest possible way) and random other pictures. I guess my argument for sororities/fraternities is not to judge too quickly when someone tells you that they were part of the Greek system. I definitely don't come off as a sorority girl but I loved every moment of being one!!